sec.96Right of return to public service

sec.96 Right of return to public service

A person who is the existing deputy auditor-general or an existing staff member may, within 6 months after the commencement, elect to return to being a public service employee by giving written notice to the auditor-general. See also section 29C in relation to a person who is appointed as a public service employee after being the deputy auditor-general or a member of the staff of the audit office. An election under subsection (1) takes effect when the person who made the election is transferred to a department or public service entity as a public service employee. On a person’s return to the public service— the person is taken not to have stopped being a public service employee when the person’s employment changed under section 95 (1) ; and the person’s service as a public service employee is taken to have continued while the person was employed in the audit office under this Act; and the person’s terms of employment are the same terms of employment that applied to the person immediately before the person’s employment changed under section 95 (1) , subject to any changes in relevant laws or industrial instruments applying to the person’s employment. Subsection (3) does not allow the person to claim the benefit of a right or entitlement more than once in relation to the same period of service. s 96 ins 2022 No. 33 s 25 (sec.96-ssec.1) A person who is the existing deputy auditor-general or an existing staff member may, within 6 months after the commencement, elect to return to being a public service employee by giving written notice to the auditor-general. See also section 29C in relation to a person who is appointed as a public service employee after being the deputy auditor-general or a member of the staff of the audit office. (sec.96-ssec.2) An election under subsection (1) takes effect when the person who made the election is transferred to a department or public service entity as a public service employee. (sec.96-ssec.3) On a person’s return to the public service— the person is taken not to have stopped being a public service employee when the person’s employment changed under section 95 (1) ; and the person’s service as a public service employee is taken to have continued while the person was employed in the audit office under this Act; and the person’s terms of employment are the same terms of employment that applied to the person immediately before the person’s employment changed under section 95 (1) , subject to any changes in relevant laws or industrial instruments applying to the person’s employment. (sec.96-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not allow the person to claim the benefit of a right or entitlement more than once in relation to the same period of service.

• (a) the person is taken not to have stopped being a public service employee when the person’s employment changed under section 95 (1) ; and